NHL Man Games Lost, CHIP, and TMITT January 28, 2014

We report the numbers (Man Games Lost, Injured, Did Not Dress, and Suspended) that the NHL teams themselves report in their media releases on game days. We also calculate CHIP and TMITT metrics to measure the ‘quality’ of man games lost.

Below are the updated man games lost totals, CHIP, and TMITT metrics for all games played up to January 28, 2014. In addition to our team data (Table 1) we provide individual skater (Table 2) and goalie (Table 3) data.

Some notes for you to consider at this time

Our CHIP and SHIP metrics base the quality of a player on their cap hit and salary.

Our TMITT (Time Missed Impact To Team) metrics base the quality of a skater on their average time on ice (ATOI), and minutes played for goalies. A higher TMITT number reflects a higher impact of a missing player to the team.

Some teams provide ‘Injured’ data for their long-term-injured-reserve (LTIR) players, some don’t. In cases where they don’t, we estimate them.

For your reference, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 include CHIP and TMITT stats for LTIR players who haven’t played this year, BUT those players are now excluded from the CHIP and TMITT team totals in TABLE 1.

Some teams count an illness as an injury, but not a man game lost, or vice versa.

Several teams often report players as ‘Did Not Dress’ when it’s widely known the player is injured. These inconsistencies will persist without stricter regulation and oversight by the league on team reporting.